Beryl Crystalline

These first couple are going to be in Pomefiore, though I also feel like they could fit in Diasomnia as well.

Starting off we have Beryl Crystalline! Beryl is based off the character Prisma from the fourth season of Sofia the First. In the show Prisma is from the Mystic Isles, a magical collection of floating islands that are the source of the worlds magic. Prisma hails specifically from the Isle of Crystals and is known as a “crystal master”. Because of this I chose the name “Beryl” one because it’s a type of crystal and I thought it was fitting. His last name “Crystalline” is just another word for crystal, so a little less creative but I didn’t wanna use “Prisma” or something like that.

Beryl is a third year Pomefiore student, though had originally aspired to be in Diasomnia. Growing up Beryl always felt overshadowed by their younger brother - Aquamarine “Aqua” Crystalline (a freshman in Royal Sword) - who’s magical skills were praised and celebrated. Beryl always felt as though he was ignored by his family and grew to resent his brother, viewing his kindness as pity rather than anything genuine. When he was enrolled at Night Raven, Beryl wished to be sorted into Diasomnia a dorm known for producing the most powerful mages. Though when he was sorted into Pomefiore, Beryl was originally quite upset. After some time though they viewed their situation as just a temporary set back (a momentary lapse! Sorry I had to) and now works twice as hard to prove himself to his family. He had aspired to become the dorm leader and was a very close second, his rival being Vil Schoenheit. Though the deciding factor in the end was that Vil’s personality was much more desirable than Beryl’s.

Beryl is often described as being “two-faced” or sometimes “multifaceted” as it’s difficult to pinpoint his true feelings and personality. On the surface Beryl can come off as kind, sweet, and polite. He is able to easily slip into a helpful, charismatic and loyal persona, one that he usually uses to take advantage of others. Under this persona, however, Beryl can be quite sadistic and cunning. He is extremely intelligent and organized, being able to come up with complex plans that almost always work in his favour. Because of his charisma Beryl has an easy time tricking others and is a master of manipulation. Because of his sadistic nature, Beryl has little care about others if it means helping his own cause. There is an unspoken rule around Pomefiore - and most of the school - not to accept anything made by Beryl as they usually contain potions or sometimes poisons (he always has an antidote, he’s not about to be expelled for killing someone). This is the main reason Beryl is banned from the culinary crucible. His unstable personality is also why he wasn’t chosen to be Pomefiore’s dorm leader.

Another side of Beryl is his inflated ego, pride, and vanity. Beryl is extremely self-centred, competitive, and callous, as his desires and goals trump his care for others. He craves attention and becomes very envious and upset when he feels he is being outshined. Beryls entire goal in life is to outshine his brother and gain the recognition he believes he is being denied. Because of his own disloyalty and manipulation Beryl has deep seeded trust issues. Beryl only interacts with people when he needs to or if it benefits him and he has almost no true friends or people he trusts. Beryl doesn’t have any form of relationship with Vil other then them being classmates and dorm mates. To Beryl, Vil is a constant reminder of his desire to be recognized. He feels Vil is also outshining him even if Vil isn’t even trying to do it. It’s simply Beryl’s insecurity and pride blinding him to the truth. He does however have some sort of relationship with fellow dorm mate Roma Tourmaline who shares Beryl’s jealousy as an overshadowed sibling. Though their relationship is nothing more than a beneficial one on both ends.

Though in a letter sent to Yuri by Aqua, he says that Beryl was not always like this. He claims that when they were little the brothers were quite close, it was only when their magic began developing did they grow apart. Aqua claims that his brother can be truly kind but the actions of their parents hardened Beryl’s heart and is the catalyst for his anger and jealousy. Aqua says in his letter that he believes that Beryl has locked his “true self” away, deep down where no one can reach it. He puts up an act of arrogance and self importance to hide how hurt, betrayed, and lonely he truly is. Aqua believes that by putting up this act, Beryl is trying to protect himself from more heartache whether he realises it or not. He wishes for his brother to be freed from the cage he put himself in, and that one day they can be family again.

As I mentioned before Beryl is incredibly vain. He has a very feminine figure which he often utilises when trying to lower someone’s guard around him. He is very attractive and is just as obsessive with his appearance as Vil is, if not more. Beryl prides himself on his appearance and become extremely enraged if even a single hair is out of place, another testament to his need to be noticed. Beryl’s hair is actually a much darker red than what’s shown in the Picrew, they just didn’t have a darker red option. Beryl’s skin is crystal clear, the only “blemish” being his nose piercing which he got when he was younger to try and gain his parents attention. His hair is well kept and often described as being very soft. Beryl’s most striking feature though is his bright blue eyes which are said to “shine like the finest gemstone”. When dressing outside of his uniforms Beryl prefers to dress either very “loudly” or in very expensive clothes. His outfits are always in season and never clash, and when he isn’t dressed to the T he wears expensive and high end clothes. This, once again, is a plot to gain attention as most people will stop and gawk as someone wearing fancy clothes.

Beryl is gay and uses he/him pronouns, though until he learns to better himself and work through his own trauma he will never be in any form of healthy or meaningful romantic relationships.

Some other fun facts!

Age: 18

Best subject: Conjuration

Birthday: June 24

Class: 3-C

Club: unknown

Height: 172 cm/5’8”

Homeland: Isle of Prisms

Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous

Favourite food: fresh fruit

Least favourite food: greasy food

Dislikes: being overshadowed

Hobby: collecting crystals

Talent: conjuring precious stones

Unique Magic:

Crystallo- Beryl’s unique magic allows him to create durable crystals that saps the targets physically and magical energy. This spell must be utilised through the use of an item like a magical pen, and will only work if Beryl can see who they are targeting. The crystals are not unbreakable and all energy taken will be restored once the crystal is broken. Like with Azul’s unique magic, Beryl runs the increased risk of overblot should he over use his magic.

Roma Tourmaline

I said I was tempted to make an Ivy inspired oc so here they are! Roma Tourmaline is based off season 2 villain Princess Ivy from Sofia the First. While she does get a redemption arc later in the series, I love her as a character and wanted to use her anyway. Roma’s first name comes from Ivy’s animal companion of the same name, while his last name “Tourmaline” comes from the gemstone (I was in a gem kick when picking names lol). I chose this name specifically because Tourmaline has a black coloured stone, and I felt it sounded better as a last name compared to some other stones.

Roma is a second year Pomefiore student and friend of Kreahe Corax. Similar to Beryl, Roma grew up overshadowed by his older brother. Hailing from a noble family, Roma was expected to live up to the family name and be on par with his brother in all matters. Mr. Tourmaline was a strict man, often holding very high expectations for his family so they may uphold their image. While he is a good man and wants what’s best for his family, he showed it very poorly. His wife passed when Roma was still a baby and the grief took over Mr. Tourmaline, turning him into a strict and cold man. While he pushed both children into working hard, he always showed favouritism towards Roma’s brother. This lead the already lonely Roma to feel neglected and under appreciated. Roma began to study harder, reading ahead of lessons and practicing his magic for weeks at a time with little breaks in hopes of surpassing his brother. Though when their father didn’t show Roma the attention he craved or felt he deserved, Roma began to feel neglected. This neglect slowly began to turn into resentment towards both Roma’s father and brother. This became especially true when Roma discovered that his brother was going to inherit their fathers title, despite Roma feeling he was more deserving.

When Roma enrolled at Night Raven he had no preference for a dorm, feeling he would be able to become exceptional in any one of them. He was sorted into Pomefiore and Roma seemed quite happy with the outcome. It’s unclear if at the start Roma had some plan of learning about poisons to one day usurp his brothers position, though as of right now that is no longer the case. Roma met Kreahe during their first day of classes since they are in the same class. The two dorm mates got along fairly well, though because of his isolated childhood, Roma did not recognize at first that he had formed a true friendship with Kreahe. Roma would later form a business like relationship with third year Beryl Crystalline, who “empathised” with Roma about being an overshadowed sibling. Though Roma does not trust Beryl. He’s heard many rumors about Beryl and know that their “partnership” can be dropped the moment Beryl does not find Roma of any use. Unlike Beryl, Roma seems to be friendly with their dorm leader, and occasionally goes to Vil for advice.

In terms of personality, Roma is VASTLY different from Beryl. As a child, Roma was a very caring and loving person. While not super close with his brother, the two got along well and Roma’s brother tried to make time to spend with him. Though because of the age gap between them, Roma spent a lot of time alone as a kid. When he too began his lessons in diplomacy and magic, Roma’s loving nature began to waver and become repressed, instead being replaced with resentment towards his strict father. This slowly developed into Roma forming a desire for power when he was denied their fathers position, and a need for attention and recognition from those around him. This need for power and attention is what pushed Roma to excel in his studies and classes. Because he never received praise from his father, Roma values the praise he receive from his professors. Though his pride sometimes gets in the way and he can become a little confrontational when he doesn’t agree with a grade, or what someone thinks about him. Though in general Roma’s insecurities aren’t as sever as Beryl’s. He still value what people think about him, but Roma is more likely to recognise and fix any mistakes he may make.

Unlike Beryl, Roma is not heartless or sadistic. He doesn’t hide his feelings under a layer of masks, but rather Roma is quite open about his emotions. He’s stubborn, has a short temper, can throw tantrums when something doesn’t go his way, and is quite prideful. Roma has difficulty asking for help or admitting his mistakes to others because of his rough upbringing and pride, but he also know that there are people out there who will listen. Roma does have trust issues, though its something that stems from his isolated childhood and is something Roma is trying to fix. Roma is also very intelligent and observant. He can pick up things like body language and social cues fairly quickly and can adapt his own attitude to match. Though despite this, Roma can be quite oblivious to interpersonal relationships. He didn’t realise he thought of Kreahe as a close friend until the friendship was in danger of being broken. It wasn’t until Yuri explained that the sadness Roma had been feeling was because he felt may lost an important person to him. Wishing to fix what had happened, Roma sought out help from Yuri and was later able to save his friendship with Kreahe. Roma is currently working to heal from his trauma and repair his strained relationship with his brother. He still has some trouble making friends but the ones he does have are very dear to him.

As much as I liked the split hair that Ivy has, I also really like this black and white ombré look. I feel like this look is what first formed Roma and Kreahe’s friendship b/c Kreahe dyed his hair, but Roma’s is naturally that colour. I also really liked the up-do that Yor from Spy x Family has! I imagine this is how Roma usually has his hair done, and he clips back his bangs during gym. Formal events he likely lets his hair down and styles it a different way. I was also trying to get Ivy’s over all monochrome vibe going on. Roma isn’t a fan of bright bright colours, if he has to wear colour he prefers dark colours. Most of his casual wardrobe is black, white, and grey. I imagine he would have something a kin to a monochrome dark academia aesthetic with a few things like the big puffy jacket thrown in. Roma does have a rather androgynous figure and cares about his appearance. Though he is not obsessive like Vil or Beryl, Roma does take time each morning to get ready for the day. He’s also described as having a perpetual “sleepy look”, this is likely due to the long hours he spends studying. Though he may look sleepy, Roma is still well rested! Roma is also one of those people who where’s shades all the time, but it’s only because they are a special pair Kreahe gifted him. They glasses have a special tint that makes everything viewed through the lenses to appear in greyscale, that was Roma’s eyes don’t hurt from looking at all the bright colours of the school.

Roma is the founder of the Enchanted Gardening club. The club mainly focuses on growing enchanted plants, though the club also grows plants and herbs to be used in potions or medicines. Many of the members are students who use flora magic, though it’s open for anyone to join.

Roma uses he/him pronouns. He is also biromantic demisexual and is not currently in any romantic relationships.

Some other fun facts!

Age: 17

Best subject: Animal linguistics

Birthday:

Class: 2-C

Club: Enchanted gardening (founder)

Height: 182 cm/6’0”

Homeland: Alabaster Gardens

Dominant Hand: ambidextrous

Favourite food: fresh fruit

Least favourite food: salty foods

Dislikes: bright colours

Hobby: caring for animals

Talent: gardening

Unique Magic:

Fleeting memories - Roma’s unique magic is a memory erasure type spell. This spell allows Roma to summon a black and white dragonfly which can erase a targets memories by circling the targets head. The sting from the dragonfly is said to be painless, though seems to drain the targets energy, leading them to fall to the ground. They will not remember anything since they woke up that day, and the memories are gone forever. If stung enough times a target may loose vital memories such as their sense of self or even their name. Roma, however, has never utilised his magic to this extent since he would run the risk of overblot.

Rheagan Festus

Guys guys I need every to quiet down and say hello to my son! Guys this is Rheagen - pronounced RAY-gan - Festus and he’s inspired by my favourite Sofia the first character Cedric! There’s this running joke in the first season where Sofia constantly mispronounces Cedric’s name accidentally even though he always corrects her. I wanted to keep that joke going so I literally looked up “male names that are easy to mispronounce”. I chose Rheagan both because the spelling is kinda funky and because the site I found it on included “REE-gan” as a pronunciation. I feel like a lot of people upon first meeting Rheagan pronounce it as REE-gan. I also picked it because I means “little king” which is a call back to Cedric’s original desire to take over Enchancia before his redemption.

Rheagan is a first year Daisomnia student, though some criticise his magical prowess. He is often called “bumbling” because Rheagan can be a little bit of a airhead. He is the kind of person who will become so engrossed in what he’s doing that he misses important details. This is usually why his spells misfire or get jumbled up, though he is not completely incompetent. Rheagan truly has a lot of magical talent and the capability to be a great mage, which is the reason he was sorted into Diasomnia. When put on the spot Rheagan can have a little trouble with verbal spells, though give him the chance and he will perform some great spells! He studies very hard and is determined to prove himself worthy of being Daisomnia.

Rheagan grew up the second child from a very famous family of mages, which caused a great amount of pressure to be put on Rheagan and his older sister. Growing up the siblings were fairly close, and often practiced magic together. And even though they could get on each other’s nerves like any siblings, they truly care for each other. Rheagan and his sister were each other’s biggest supporters. Their parents played favourites between the siblings, with their father favouring his eldest, and their mother favouring Rheagan. After a misfired spell, Rheagans father began seeing his son as nothing more than a failure of a mage. This caused some suprise when Rheagan was chosen to enrol at NRC, though his father placed a lot of high expectations onto Rheagan as a result. Though Rheagan does hold some hostility towards his father, and some sibling rivalry with his sister, he does care deeply for his family. Despite their constant arguing, Rheagan hates to see his sister in pain or distress, and his sister feels the same way. He often will complain about going home for breaks because he is not over his sister taking his things and treating him like a child (despite them only being 4 years apart in age), though he usually comes back in high spirits will many stories about his family. It’s been revealed that much of Rheagans determination comes from his desire to prove himself to his father as more than the “family disappointment”. He is pretty much the only one of this set who doesn’t have super negative feelings towards his family.

Rheagan can be a bit of an airhead at times, usually misplacing things like his magical pen or notes is plain sight. Though he isn’t stupid, just a bit distracted at times. Rheagan is also a totally klutz, often tripping over his own feet though it’s usually just because he isn’t paying attention or gets overly excited. Despite these traits, Rheagan is a very hard worker, often spending his breaks between classes studying advanced spells and potions, and is very prideful of his skills as a mage. He is also very intelligent, being able to remember a number of complex spells and potions ingredients after reading through the spell a few times. He has proven that when he really concentrates he can pull off advanced spells perfectly. The main issue is Rhegans nervousness and self esteem issues. Being raised in a house filled with high expectations and feel like the family failure caused Rheagan to have a bit of spell casting stage fright. He can become easily nervous when put on the spot which is usually when his spells misfire. His father has also proven to regularly interrupt Rheagan when the young mage is trying to cast spells, causing Rheagan to jumble up the words and mess up his spells. Unlike his inspiration character, Rheagan has no desire to take over the family business or anything, rather he just wishes to gain his fathers approval just once. Rheagan can also be a little short sighted at times, often proposing plans but not thinking them all the way through.

Similarly to Deuce and Jack, Rheagan despises cheaters though doesn’t seem to show the same feelings towards lying. This may be because Rheagan will utilise the way people underestimate them to his advantage, occasionally manipulating others when he needs to. Unlike some of his classmates, Rheagan has a strong moral code; he will not harm anyone himself, he will not cause anyone unnecessary suffering, and always pays back his debts. Rheagan is a very kind person with a good heart, as seen by his his love for his family (even if he is criticised by them at times) and his love for his friends. He cares deeply for those he considers friends and hates to see them in distress. Rheagan also seems to be wary of stealing, though that may be because his sister can be a bit of kleptomaniac. He doesn’t steal unless he deems it absolutely necessary.

Rheagan is also quite the nerd. He loves to talk about the things that interest him and always gets excited when someone is willing to listen to his tangents. Like Diaval, Rheagan is quite the inventor and the two dorm mates usually help each other out when they need a second pair of hands, or someone to consult on technical issues. Rheagan suffers from insomnia and usually looks quite tired. When he can’t sleep he’s usually reading or tinkering on his latest inventions. Rheagan does get annoyed fairly easily, especially when someone messes up his name.

So I actually discovered a split hair option on the Picrew I use for these base designs (which could have worked for Roma if they had more options). I was having some issues decided on if I wanted Rheagan to have solid black hair or if I wanted to include the white in Cedric’s hair. It appears in some screenshots that his hair was solid black as a kid but then he gained his white bangs some time later. I’ve decided that due to his fathers strict expectations, Rheagan began showing some grey in his hair so he just dyed half his hair to cover it up. Y’all know that I had to keep Cedric’s bigger nose! There wasn’t a hooked nose option, so just know that Rheagan does in fact have a hooked nose! He also has a tooth gap, either from a misfired spell or from his clumsiness, you decide. He’s also pretty tall - not at tall as Jack, maybe an inch or two shorter - and lanky. He’s got long limbs which add to his clumsiness 🤧.

Rheagan is cis and uses he/him pronouns! He is also omniromantic asexual. I feel like he would have a slight crush on Roma, but it’s actually more of admiration for Roma’s magical skills rather than anything romantic.

Some other fun facts!

Age: 16

Best subject: Magic Analysis

Birthday: January 8th

Class: 1-A

Club: Science Club

Height: 177cm/5’10”

Homeland: Land of Pyroxene

Dominant Hand: Left

Favourite food: red cherries

Least favourite food: overly sours foods

Dislikes: people mispronouncing his name

Hobby: inventing/tinkering

Talent: memorising advanced spells and potions

Unique Magic: unknown

I have to thank @lizliloccorner for convincing me to make a Princess Ivy inspired oc (even if it wasn’t your plan when you reblogged my post 😅)! The other two were 100% me not having any self control 💀

Wanted to start this off by quickly explaining a few things:

-The green one isn't Synth-En and the purple one isn't Dark Energon. However, the red one is the same Red Energon from the show. It'll get elaborated further below. I did try differentiating their respective colors to prevent confusion, but eh lol

-To prevent a mix-up, Prisma stores all of her Energon in containers different than that of Team Prime and the Decepticons.

-I originally planned to have the Energon sparkle to make them stand out, but felt it would be a tad much so I left it out in the end.

-There were a few more types but I couldn't find my old notes. Always keep backups, folks. One granted telepathy, another telekinesis, one for size shifting, and another for teleportation.

-In addition to being additional fuel sources, each Energon type would grant a different ability for a certain amount of time. These abilities were meant for more practical and mundane uses rather than the war efforts, especially since Prisma didn't even know a war was coming. In the present, she makes it clear she'd rather have the Energon be used for everyday life rather than any form of conflict.

-When captured and put in stasis, some of her captors injected Prisma with each Energon type to see what would happen as a sick joke, as she was meant to be executed soon anyway. As she remained in stasis for millions of years after that, all of that Energon permanently altered her systems, which also permanently gave her the current abilities she has. She can be sustained on a small amount of regular Energon, as it replenishes the other types in her systems.

The Alternative Energon

Lum-En (White)

Creates hard light.

When as fuel, it allows one to create hard-light constructs Green Lantern style.

Its intended use is to mainly act as an alternative light source as well.

Prisma views it as Energon in its most purified form. When combined with regular Energon, it can cleanse all of the Dark Energon in one's systems.

When spilled, it takes on a pastel rainbow color.

Frost-En (Pale Blue)

Creates ice.

When used as fuel, it can give ice properties to a bot's weapons, allowing their blasters to produce ice, for example.

Its intended use is to help bots to avoid or are in danger of overheating.

Prisma can create snow by producing small clouds.

Splash-En (Cyan)

Creates water.

When used as fuel, it allows bots to synthesize water. Larger doses grants the ability to even create rain clouds when more water is needed.

Its intended use is to aid in putting out fires.

When combined with Flame-En, it creates mist.

When combined with a small dose of Frost-En, it creates fog.

Flor-En (Lime Green)

Creates and maintains plants.

As it was created by complete accident, it doesn't have much in the way of practical use, at least for Cybertronians.

Still perfectly fine for consumption, though.

Safe for organic beings like humans, Flor-En can also help make almost any land fertile.

After learning about Earth's flowers, Prisma enjoys creating them for fun. You'd definitely be seeing giant roses and sunflowers around, for example.

Zap-En (Yellow)

Creates electricity.

When used as fuel, it grants one electricity-based abilities, such as stunning and shocking. Those that already have such abilities would instead get a boost in power.

Its intended use is to help power machines such as non-sentient vehicles and ships.

Rock-En (Pale Orange)

Creates rocks and stones.

When used as fuel, it grants one the ability to create and manipulate the earth (much like an Earthbender).

Much like Flor-En, Rock-En was created by complete accident. It has more practical use on the battlefield depending on where the fights are taking place.

Aero-En (Light Grey)

Creates air and winds.

When used as fuel, it can grant one wind-based abilities for either offensive or defensive purposes, including blasts that can knock opponents away.

Its intended purpose is to help ease the turbulence encountered by ships and other aircrafts.

When combined with Frost-En, it can create icy winds.

Magn-En (Dark Grey)

Causes magnetism and can manipulate magnetic fields.

When used as fuel, it grants one the power over magnetism, and can give similar properties to various weapons.

Its intended use is for every day needs such as repairs, and the operation of certain vehicles.

Grav-En (Dark Purple)

Can manipulate gravitational fields.

When used as fuel, it can boost one's weapons to create a stronger impact. In higher doses, they can manipulate the gravity around them.

Its intended use is primarily for vehicles, and to provide stability to various structures like towers, bridges and even floating cities.

When combined with Aero-En, it can grant flight. This is how Prisma herself is able to fly without an alt-mode.

Gem-En (Pink)

Creates crystals.

When used as fuel, the bot can create crystals from energy, and can shape them however they wish. Can be combined with explosives for rather devastating results.

Its intended use ranges from medical to construction. The crystals can be shaped into temporary prosthetics, various tools and are incredibly useful when it comes to repairs. The crystals are as durable as needed, but can still be shattered with enough damage.

Prisma herself uses Gem En a lot when working in her lab, using it to give herself extra limbs to increase productivity.

Burst-En (Red)

The perfected version of the Red Energon that appears on Transformers Prime.

It grants super speed and enhanced strength.

The original intent was to increase energy and productivity, essentially the Cybertronian equivalent of an energy drink. It turned out to be much stronger than expected.

Prisma herself uses it in very small doses when working.

Flame-En (Orange)

Creates fire.

It grants the bot the equivalent of pyrokinesis, giving them all manner of control over fire. They can even temporarily redirect the oncoming flames from a Predacon, at least long enough to buy time to escape.

The original intent was to help with welding and forging.